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Where Does The Last Name Foby Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Foby is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foby? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Foby is the 1,478,479^th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname Foby occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Foby reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Foby is also the 730,165^th most commonly used given name throughout the world, borne by 158 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria Foby is most frequent in: Rivers, where 83 percent reside, Lagos, where 6 percent reside and Ogun, where 6 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in France, where 11 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.

Foby Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Foby has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 76 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Foby Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.